On 22 Sep 2015 22:03 +0200, from ralf+dm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ralf Ramsauer): > - If you have a dump, you can also use the 'file' command > > Or the sophisticated one :-) > - Look at the first few bytes of your partition/dump and check, if it > contains the magic header "LUKS" Or you can use 'file' directly, if you pass '-s' (--special-files) to it: $ sudo file -s /dev/sdXY /dev/sdXY: sticky LUKS encrypted file, ver 1 [aes, xts-plain64, sha512] UUID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx $ But I expect that 'cryptsetup isLuks' would be the best bet, as well as lending itself better to automation (assuming of course that is the end goal). -- Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • michael@xxxxxxxxxxx OpenPGP B501AC6429EF4514 https://michael.kjorling.se/public-keys/pgp “People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup) _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
